?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=No.+90&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F9092%2F&rft.title=An+Empirical+Analysis+of+Expanding+Rice+Production+in+Sub-Sahara+Africa%2C+The+Impact+of+Training+on+Technology+Adoption+and+Productivity+of+Rice+Farming+in+Tanzania%3A+Is+Farmer-to-Farmer+Extension+Effective&rft.creator=Nakano%2C+Y&rft.creator=Tsusaka%2C+T+W&rft.creator=Aida%2C+T&rft.creator=Pede%2C+V+O&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=How+far+can+new+technologies+taught+to+a+small+number+of+selected+farmers+diffuse+to+other+farmers+in+a+village%3F+In+order+to+answer+this+question%2C+this+paper+investigates+the+impact+of+JICA+training+on+the+adoption+of+rice+cultivation+technologies+and+productivity+in+an+irrigation+scheme+in+Tanzania.+By+using+a+unique+five-year+panel+data+set+and+spatial+econometric+techniques%2C+we+found+that+non-trained+farmers+learned+new+technologies+from+trained+farmers+through+social+networks+and+by+observing+their+plots.+As+a+result%2C+the+paddy+yield+of+directly+trained+farmers+increased+from+3.1+tons+per+hectare+in+2008+to+4.7+tons+per+hectare+in+2012%2C+while+that+of+non-trained+farmers+increased+from+around+2.6+tons+per+hectare+in+2008+to+3.7+tons+per+hectare+in+2012.&rft.publisher=JICA+Research+Institute&rft.date=2015-03&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F9092%2F1%2FJICA-RI_WP_No.90.pdf&rft.identifier=++Nakano%2C+Y+and+Tsusaka%2C+T+W+and+Aida%2C+T+and+Pede%2C+V+O++(2015)+An+Empirical+Analysis+of+Expanding+Rice+Production+in+Sub-Sahara+Africa%2C+The+Impact+of+Training+on+Technology+Adoption+and+Productivity+of+Rice+Farming+in+Tanzania%3A+Is+Farmer-to-Farmer+Extension+Effective.++Working+Paper.+JICA+Research+Institute%2C+Tokyo.+++++&rft.relation=No.+90